Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-16
OUR HEALTH.
The State Board Takes Its
Departure.
REGULATIONS TO BEOBSERVED.
Vaccination to ba Strictly Enforced
by Law-The State Board
Satisfied.

The visiting physicians of the Stat
Board of Health occupied the day yel
terday in taking drives around our beat
tiful city. They were escorted by men
bers of the City Council. the Mayor an
other local authorities. They wer
given every opportunity to investigat
the "eenters of disease" in this city, an,
all efforts were made by our officers t
give them the true state of the case
They were astonished and pleased at tn
things they saw in their trip, and took
deep interest in the matter which tn
State paid them to come down here ant
investigate. The gentlemen had a de
ightfui trip around the city and its sub
urbs and talked more about the price o
corner.lots than they did of the small
pox. When they saw a yellow flag dis
played each member began to speculat,
on the price of the proi ierty near it.
prominent member of the Board wa
asked what he thought of the .smallpo,
situation. "The smallpox? Oh, that.
all right, but by Jove, what nice place
this is to live in. Can you send me tt
some real estate agent that you know tc
be perfectly reliable ?" He was given lis
Of HOO real estate agents and the doctor
SAID: Chang the smallpox. Let's go and
see what we can buy residence lot
for" DR.. Cole is thinking seriously of
purchasing a lot and erecting thereon an
immense hotel. The members of the
State Board were dined extensively while
here and they left yesterday afternoon
for San Diego. They departed in an
excellent humor after nine course din.
ner with DR.. Hagan. The people of the
seaport town are notified to see to it
that the doctors are supplied with chops
done to a turn, beefsteak rare, and
above all to have the wine we'll iced.
GOOD REGULATIONS.
When the State Board met with the
Council on Monday night DIR. Cole
made numerous suggestions. which the
Board thought should be incorporated
in our city laws. 1t was discov cred
that the measures suggested by DR.. Cole
are now laws of the City OF Los An.
geles, and the authorities are deter.
mined to enforce them. DR.. Hagap
says that everybody will be required to
live ur to the laws published below,
which are taken from tie city ordi.
nances He will divide the city into
districts and compel all who have not
been vaccinated to submit to that opera.
ton. He will have o house. to. house
vaccination. The doctor thinks the
small rOx hospital should remain where
1t is at present.
THE LAWS.
Section l. Every person living with
in the limits of the city of Los Angeles,
who has not been vaccinated or has not
had smallpox or varioloid, is hereby re.
quired to be vaccinated forthwith, and it
shall be the duty of the Health Officer
to receive and vaecinate at his office,
free Df charge, all persons who may
apply
ANY person within the meaning of this
section wilfully neglecting to be vac
cinated shall be arrested by any police
officer, and if unable to procure the SER
vices of some other physician, shall be
brought before the Health Officer and
be vccinated by him.
See. 2. The Health Officer, who shall
be q graduate of some medical college,
in good standing, and reside within the
city limits, shall keep an Office in some
location, and shall keep The
same open for gratuitous vaccination
during certain hours of the day, of
which he shall give public notice by ad-
vertsement from time to time in two
daily newspapers, the one English, the
other Spanish. He shall give his per.
sonal attention and services to the work
Of gmtuitous vaccination, selecting and
preserving the vaccine virus with the
utmost care and skill, and shall so per-
form his duties as to promote the phys.
ical vell.being of all who shall apply at
his oice.
See. 3. Every police officer shall be,
and j, hereby constituted an ex.officio
Health Inspector. and it shall BIZ his
duty at all times to make a report to
The Health Officer, when he shall OBJ.
serve that any building, street, alley,
court, lot or premises in said city is in
condition offensive to the public health,
md it shall be the duty of the Health
Officer to report to the City Marshal any
Neglect on the part of any policeman to
discharge this duty.
Sec A. 1t shall be the duty of each
physician in this city to report to the
Health Officer, in writing, every patient
he shall have within the limits of the
sity, affected with Asiatic cholera. small.
pox or other contagious disease, immedi.
lteiy after he shall become satisfied of
the nature of such disease, and shall re-
port to said Health Officer every death
from such disease Immediately after the
of such death.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be toe duty of every
householder in this city, or other per.
soa not employing physician, to re.
port in writing to the Health Officer
the nane of every person
or lodging at his or her house
whom he or she shall have reason to be.
lieve to be sick of cholera, smallpox or
other contagious disease, and tho death
Of any such person occurring at his or
her house from any of such diseases.
Sec. 6. No person shall drive or use
any vehicle, or permit any vehicle be.
longing to him or her, or under his or
her control, to be driven or used for the
or removal OF any person in
fected with cholera, smallpox or
other contagious disease, or the body of
sny person who may have died of any
such disease, without the written con-
rent of the Health Officer.
Sec. 7. No person attending upon or
otherwise coming in contact with any
contagious disease in such manner or
10 such an extent as to render him or her
liable to communicate the disease, shall,
during the continuance of the disease,
90 upon any public street wearing any
infected clothing, or, whilst thus at.
tired, mingle with others not affected
with such disease.
Sec. s. Whenever case of smallpox
Is reported to the Health Office, it shall
be his duty, on proving the existence of
the disease, to Immediately cause to be